Pitch or Ditch for Saturday-Sunday, July 10-11

Pitch
or Ditch is a strategy for (ideally) daily mixed leagues in which you
pick up
starters on a day-to-day basis based on how well they are pitching and
their
upcoming matchups, then cut them in favor of new guys the next guy. The
concept
is that the shallower the league, the more quality starting pitching is
available on the free agent wire, so rather than drafting expensive
starters,
it’s better to build a strong offense and bullpen and let the free agent
wire
populate your starting staff during the season. As a bonus, a handful of
“PoD”
guys emerge each year as worth keeping all year long, like Jair Jurrjens
last
year or Cliff Lee in ’08.__________________________________________________________________________________PoD
chart June 29.pdf

Yeah, I’d take a chance on Danks for Rollins. You have plenty of starting pitching and could definitely use **** upgrade. Injuries aside, Rollins has been very disappointing this year, but his track record is too impressive to ignore. I think he’ll get back on track. Uribe’s in the midst of a massive cold spell, so I’d be hesitant to add him right now.

Since you only start four pitchers each week and the league is a shallow one where solid pitchers will likely always be available on the wire, I’d actually dump both Baker and Dice-K and hold onto Glaus. But if you’re only looking to drop one pitcher, I’d pick Dice-K. He’s just too inconsistent and the high walk rate scares me. Baker’s also been very up and down but he’s traditionally a strong second half pitcher and doesn’t hurt himself with walks. I can definitely see him turning things around.

I recently traded away ryan howard and scott backer for verlander granderson and berkman. i have a rod and hamilton for power so howard was just icing on the cake.. Was this the right move for my team in need of pitching??? My pitchers are Johan

Yeah, I think you got a great return there. Although you gave up the best player in the deal, you got back a stud pitcher plus an outfielder in Granderson who has a good chance of bouncing back in the second half. And that’s not to mention Berkman, who’s been on a tear of late after an awful start to the season.

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